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Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1996-C

                                                 Statement to Certificateholders
                                                 April 17 2000



       DISTRIBUTION IN DOLLARS
              ORIGINAL                 PRIOR                                                                            CURRENT
                FACE                 PRINCIPAL                                                    REALIZED DEFERRED    PRINCIPAL
CLASS          VALUE                  BALANCE         PRINCIPAL        INTEREST         TOTAL      LOSES   INTEREST     BALANCE
                                                                                             
A1       225,000,000.00                      0.00             0.00         0.00              0.00   0.00     0.00              0.00
A2       239,000,000.00                      0.00             0.00         0.00              0.00   0.00     0.00              0.00
A3       324,000,000.00                      0.00             0.00         0.00              0.00   0.00     0.00              0.00
A4       178,000,000.00            142,874,736.24    12,486,880.16   732,233.02     13,219,113.18   0.00     0.00    130,387,856.08
B1        30,938,845.63             11,803,775.30       399,477.07    61,478.00        460,955.07   0.00     0.00     11,404,298.23
TOTALS   996,938,845.63            154,678,511.54   12,886,357.230   793,711.02     13,680,068.25   0.00     0.00    141,792,154.31




    FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE                                           PASS-THROUGH RATES
                PRIOR                                                      CURRENT                     CURRENT
              PRINCIPAL                                                   PRINCIPAL                   PASS THRU
CLASS          FACTOR     PRINCIPAL        INTEREST       TOTAL            FACTOR         CLASS         RATE
                                                                                
A1            .00000000      .00000000     .00000000       .00000000      .00000000         A1       5.489000 %
A2            .00000000      .00000000     .00000000       .00000000      .00000000         A2       5.750000 %
A3            .00000000      .00000000     .00000000       .00000000      .00000000         A3       5.950000 %
A4         802.66705753    70.15101213    4.11366865     74.26468079   732.51604539         A4       6.150000 %
B1         381.51957708    12.91182854    1.98708125     14.89890979   368.60774854         B1       6.250000 %
TOTALS     155.15346023    12.92592548     .79614815     13.72207364   142.22753475


IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH THIS STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE
ADMINISTRATOR LISTED BELOW:
Kimberly Costa
The Chase Manhattan Bank - Structured Finance Services
450 W. 33rd Street, 14th Floor,
New York, New York 10001
Tel: (212) 946-3247
Email: kimberly.k.costa@chase.com

                                  (C)COPYRIGHT 1999, CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION


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Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1996-C

                                           April 17 2000
                         STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS



                                                                    
                                           Due Period                        40
                                           Due Period Beginning Date   03/01/00
                                           Due Period End Date         03/31/00
                                           Determination Date          04/10/00


                                                                                
Section 5.8(iii)  Servicing Fee                                                        128,898.76
Section 5.8(iii)  Servicing Fee per $1000                                              0.12929455

Section 5.8(iv)   Administration Fee                                                     1,000.00
Section 5.8(iv)   Administration Fee per $1000                                         0.00100307

Section 5.8(vi)   Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period                 141,792,154.31

Section 5.8(vii)  Repurchase Amounts for Repurchased Receivable
                  By Seller                                                                  0.00
                  By Servicer                                                          122,166.67
                  TOTAL                                                                122,166.67

Section 5.8(viii) Realized Net Losses for Collection Period                            180,475.37

Section 5.8(ix)   Reserve Account Balance after Disbursement                         7,477,041.34

Section 5.8(x)    Specified Reserve Account Balance                                  7,477,041.34

Section 5.8(xi)   Total Distribution Amount                                         13,918,162.74
                  Servicing Fee                                                        128,898.76
                  Administration Fee                                                     1,000.00
                  Noteholders Distribution Amount                                   13,219,113.18


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Certficateholders Distribution Amount                                 460,955.07
Deposit to Reserve Account                                            108,195.73

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